Category - legion of leia profiles

This week’s rumors and spoilers are all kinds of fun!
I found two cameo rumors about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and a super intriguing rumor about Laura Dern’s character in Star Wars: Episode VIII!
Pretty exciting stuff!
SPOILERS AND RUMORS AHEAD! Stop reading now if you’d like to avoid them!
1.) Jabba the Hutt will play an...

One of our favorite ladies here at Legion of Leia (and our very first profile) is Ashley Eckstein. You know her as the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. You also know her amazing line of geek clothing for women and girls, Her Universe. We caught up with Eckstein on the floor of San Diego Comic-Con and...

San Diego Comic-Con is less than two weeks away. If you’re into cosplay, you’re likely in crunch mode. If you just love checking out other people’s costumes like I do, you’re going to love to read what Castle Corsetry founder Lauren Bregman has to say. We chatted with Lauren about the company, how she got started, her...

Artist Satine Phoenix just released her new graphic novel “New Praetorians” at WonderCon in Anaheim, CA last month and it’s pretty amazing. Satine is a life-long geek and gamer. She and I were in the “Women of Geekdom” calendar together years ago (put together by Legion of Leia writer Shaun Rosado!) and, most...

“For every given male character, there is a female version of that character….” Rule 63 of the internet.
Crossplay, Gender-bent and swapped–whatever you want to call it, is in essence a celebration of the universality of characters. It’s prominence is seen in the con circuit where males and females transform...

Jenna Busch is a massive fan of PopCycled Baubles. So when she decided to do an interview with the company’s founder Laura Rosado, she tapped me, Laura’s husband to facilitate the interview. That’s synchronicity right there.
Laura is the co-founder of PopCycled Baubles, a company dedicated to creating one of a kind artisan geek...

Hey Legion! I hope you’re going to join me at Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles this year. I’ve been a fan since the very first show and today I’m bringing you my interview with founder and President, Regina Carpinelli! This lady rocks! Check out what she has to say about starting her own convention, the show’s...

Jennifer K. Stuller is Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of Programming and Events for GeekGirlCon — an organization dedicated to the recognition, encouragement and support of women in geek and pop culture and STEM. I met Jennifer on the ‘Most Dangerous Women of Comic-Con’ panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and this...

Today we’re talking to comic book fan and drink artist Danni Danger, my fellow nominee for Best Online Personality for the Geekies this year! We started chatting at the show, and wow, this lady rocks! I’ll let her use her own words to tell you about herself: “I’m Danni Danger, and I host and write a show about comic books...

Today we’re chatting with NEN, a concept artist, illustrator and self-described “low brow artist who occasionally dabbles in comics​​.” NEN’s work is absolutely gorgeous and I’m proud to say that she’ll be on my Women in Media panel at the Nashville Comic Con next weekend.
Here is a little info about her...